Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-04-15
The event of the season. April %.


April -.
Ralph Blair, visited friends in Sheri-
dan last week.
C. w. YeTngton will give an enter
tainment April %.
y. W. Pequegnat was in st. Louis on
business Tuesday.
w. a. Bahlke was in Muir on busi
ness last saturday.
c. f. Brown and wife spent Sunday
with friends in Sheridan.
Miss Adda McLaren will act as sales
lady in the new music store.
Webb, the druggist has something
new to say in his ad. this week.
Ashley Odd Fellows will build fine
hall and lodge room in that burg.
The supervisor of Emerson township
has been elected for the seventh time
this spring.
y six inch sewer is being laid in Park
st, running from the park into the
Kress creek.
Chester Darling. of Riverdale and
Georgia LaRue. of Nestaburg, were
married at st. Louis, April 4.
The Empire News Co., of Syracuse,
y. Y, is another huge fraud. Have
nothing to do with them, kind reader.
Wm. Wray, of Battle Creek will open
a restaurant in the building formerly
occupied 10y the PollaSky Bros. clothing
stock.
:. &. Hopkins and family have NOV
eel out of the restaurant and are occupy
ing rooms over Weayer's drug store, at
present
The Sons of Veterans and G.. \. r..
posts will give a sugar social and dance
in Pollaskey's hall this evening, every
one invited.
Some of our citizens living near the
grove have tapped" several of the
trees which adorn the streets and are
conducting sugar making on small
scale.
Judge Cooley holds that the new in
ter-state commerce law affects the eX-
press companies and that they will be
obliged to come down on their high
prices
Mrs. r. : Brown, of Emerson. was
adjudgcd insane last week and taken to
the Traverse City asylum last Thurs
day morning 10y under sheriff Clark of
ii. Louis.
II is said that the ID. l.. q y. Co. will
soon put a new passenger coach on the
stub between this place and Ithaca. 1t
is about time for the people are thor
oughly disgusted with the "caboose"
now in use.
The Detroit Tribune pertly remarks:
Editors should ask the legislature to
compel the railroad companies to either
build sidewalks along side their tracks
or fill up the space between the ties
with dirt. This walking over a railroad
track full of pitfalls is no fun.
Miss Carrie J. Ball, graduate of the
musical course at the Ann Arbor high
school and an advanced pupil of the
Ann Arbor school of music has located
at st. Louis and intends establishing
there class in vocal and instrumental
music. She has excellent endors sements
from the Ann Arbor professors and is a
young lady of rare musical talent and
attainments.
Miss Amy Stark. daughter of Rev.
J. X. Stark. now of Reed City, will be
married to Mr.. \. ). Cody. on Wednes-
day. April 18th. at the NJ. +. church in
that city. Miss Stark will certainly
have the congratulations of her many
Ludington riends.-Ludingto Record
Miss Stark made many friends while
attending the Normal here last year
who will also unite in congratulations
and good wishes.
There is new banking firm in town
styled ii. i. Waldby X Co., Marcus Pol
lasky having been succeeded 10y ID. II.
Sullivan. one of Alma 5 well-known and
popular solid men. II. b. Waldby
will conduct the business and hopes for
a continuance of the patronage enjoy
ed by the old firm, as all business en-
trusted to his care will be carefully and
faithfully transacted.
We call the readers attention to an
article to be found elsewhere in this
issue which we think will go a long way
towards dispelling the feeling towards
the new college, which we must confess
has existed TO marked degree in this
vicinity. With this feeling removed
the managers and faculty will gain
friends and ardent supporters ready to
do and say everything in their power
for the good Of the college. for the peo-
pie of Alma are always united and will
ing TO pull together for ANYTHING that is